Abstract:
:The presence of noise in a signal transduction system usually interferes with its ability to transfer information reliably. But many nonlinear systems can use noise to enhance performance, and this phenomenon, called stochastic resonance, may underlie the extraordinary ability of some biological systems to detect and amplify small signals in noisy environments. Previous work has demonstrated the occurrence of stochastic resonance in a complex system of biological transducers and neural signal pathways, but the possibility that it could occur at the sub-cellular level has remained open. Here we report the observation of stochastic resonance in a system of voltage-dependent ion channels formed by the peptide alamethicin. A hundred-fold increase in signal transduction induced by external noise is accompanied by a growth in the output signal-to-noise ratio. The system of ion channels considered here represents the simplest biological system yet known to exhibit stochastic resonance.
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Naturejournal_title
Natureauthors
Bezrukov SM,Vodyanoy Idoi
10.1038/378362a0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-11-23 00:00:00pages
362-4issue
6555eissn
0028-0836issn
1476-4687journal_volume
378pub_type
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